{"title": "Green: Salman Toor and South Asian Literary Production In Detail", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Courtauld Institute of Art", "address": "Strand, WC2R 0RN London", "price": "Free, booking essential", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://courtauld.ac.uk/join-and-support/friends", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/painting", "literature"], "description": "A lecture evening with two talks and an in-conversation exploring the motifs and symbols of South Asia in the work of painter Salman Toor, tracing the colour green and South Asian literary production through his art. It is part of the Frank Davis Memorial Lecture series, organised alongside Toor's first solo museum exhibition in Europe, and features curator and writer Aziz Sohail and writer, editor and critic Evan Moffitt. It is organised by Elena Crippa and Leyla Arrianne Bumbra at The Courtauld.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/green-salman-toor-and-south-asian-literary-production-in-det-35440/", "official_url": "https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/green-salman-toor-and-south-asian-literary-production-in-detail/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1f74b1bbf0f0446f31a18c826bc51796f3d7f3ac0c25f9e9d729d898ac076ebb-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Courtauld Institute of Art", "address": "Strand, WC2R 0RN London", "tickets": "sold_out"}], "similar": [{"title": "Adeela Suleman: The Rising Crescendo of the Band Baja", "start": "2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z", "place": "Grosvenor Gallery", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/crafts", "history"], "description": "An exhibition of new works by the Pakistani artist Adeela Suleman, presented by Grosvenor Gallery in collaboration with Canvas Gallery, Karachi. It centres on the spectacle of the South Asian band baja, with drummers, trumpeters and uniformed bandsmen appearing amid forests, flowers and wild animals in celebratory, dreamlike scenes. Working in repoussé metalwork and textile, Suleman explores the layered histories of ceremonial bands and the tensions between pageantry and power, with a major textile work linking the independence movements of India and Ireland.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/adeela-suleman-the-rising-crescendo-of-the-band-baja-76625/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/81c39b4c36579513c45c492fe5c02241aa7f713acecf49b86767ac3eed13a505-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Aligned – a Solo Show by Ayush Sinha", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "place": "Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan", "address": "W14 9HE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/abstract-painting"], "description": "\"Aligned\" is a solo art exhibition of paintings shown at an art gallery in London. It is by the artist Ayush Sinha, whose works explore the quiet power of geometry through rhythm, balance and colour. Circles, lines and intersecting forms become symbols of connection, energy and contemplation, inviting viewers to find harmony within structure and stillness within movement. Together the paintings form a meeting point between abstraction, spirituality and the human experience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/aligned-a-solo-show-by-ayush-sinha-34977/", "official_url": "https://www.bhavan.net/events/aligned-a-solo-show-by-ayush-sinha/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4b31d415b2ee3b81edb862899236894f6ee5e36084c88470af43caf2115c5ecc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Fresh takes: Art in 10 minutes", "start": "2026-11-06T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "A short 10-minute lunchtime talk at the National Gallery, part of the monthly Fresh takes series. The speaker is Tia Grant, an alumnus of the Gallery's Articulation initiative, which helps young people aged 16–19 build research and presentation skills and invites them to give 10-minute talks on works of art. She revisits her talk on Pietro Longhi's painting A Fortune Teller at Venice, offering fresh perspectives on the Venetian scene and the stories and mysteries at its heart. The free session is open to everyone in Room 33.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/fresh-takes-art-in-10-minutes-78901/", "official_url": "https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/fresh-takes-art-in-10-minutes-06-11-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/15a4b3b848068842b10d27a72b1c00c686328c296192a483295f5a0837b53e58-2000.webp"}]}